Paul Ambrosini, M.D.

Professor

  • Practice: Drexel Psychiatry
  • Specialty:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry
  • Education: M.D., Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University; B.A., Psychology, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Patient Care

Dr. Ambrosini is medical director of the Inpatient Children’s Unit at Friends Hospital. He is board certified in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. He specializes in the treatment of adults with schizophrenia, mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He also treats children and adolescents.

Accepting physician referrals only for admission to Friends Hospital’s Children’s Inpatient Unit: Contact Information: 215-831-6300.

Awards and Honors:

  • Best Doctors 2009-2010, 2011-2012
Research

Selected Publications

"Cardiovascular Effects of Mixed Amphetamine Salts Extended Release in the Treatment of School-Age Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"
R. Donner, A.M. Michaels, P.J. Ambrosini
Biological Psychiatry 61: 706-12 (2007)

"Sertraline in Children and Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder"
C.L. Donnelly, K.D. Wagner, M. Rynn, P.J. Ambrosini, P. Landau, R. Yang, C.J. Wohlberg
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 45(10):1162-70 (2006)

"Long-term Sertraline Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)"
M. Rynn, K.D. Wagner, C. Donnelly, P.J. Ambrosini, et al.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 16: 103-116 (2006)

"A Community Assessment Study of the Effectiveness and Tolerability of Adderall XR in School-aged Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"
P.J. Ambrosini, F.R. Sallee, F.A. Lopez, et al.
Current Medical Research Opinion 22:427-440 (2006)

"Gender Differences in Symptom Profiles Between Depressed and Non-depressed Adolescents"
D.S. Bennett, P.J. Ambrosini, D. Barnett, C. Metz
Journal of Affective Disorders 89: 35-44 (2005)

"Health-related Quality of Life and Treatment Satisfaction and Preference in a Community Assessment Study of Extended-release Mixed Amphetamine Salts for Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"
F.R. Sallee, P.J. Ambrosini, F.A. Lopez, L. Shi, M.A. Michaels
J. Outcomes Res. 8:27-49 (2004)

"Psychotropic Prescription Practices in Child Psychiatric Inpatients 9-years-old and Younger"
M. Lekhwani, C. Nair, I. Nikhinson, P.J. Ambrosini
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 14: 95-103 (2004)

"Clinical Case Presentation: Therapeutic challenges in adolescent-onset bipolar disorder."
B. Coffey, D. Ramasamy, P.J. Ambrosini
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 13: 425-430 (2003)

"Efficacy of Sertaline in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder: Two randomized controlled trials."
K.D. Wagner, P.J. Ambrosini, M. Rynn, et al.
JAMA 290:1033-1041 (2003)

"Commentary: SCL-381(Adderall XR)"
P.J. Ambrosini
CNS Drugs 17: 676-677 (2003)

"49th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry"
P.J. Ambrosini, J. Elia, M.A. Rynn
Expert Opinion Pharmacother 4:591-594 (2003)

"An Open Label Trial of Adderall XR: Safety and efficacy assessments."
P.J. Ambrosini, F. Lopez, J.J. Storlazzi, S.J. Tulloch, A. Michaels
Scientific Proceeding of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 28: 90 (2002)

"Taxonicity of Adolescent Melancholia: A categorical or dimensional construct?"
P.J. Ambrosini, D.S. Bennett, C.M. Cleland, N. Haslam
Journal of Psychiatric Research 36:247-256 (2002)

"Childhood Depression: Pharmacological therapy/treatment (Pharmacotherapy of Childhood Depression)"
K.D. Wagner, P.J. Ambrosini
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology

Teaching

Dr. Ambrosini is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry.

Specialties
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
Services and Clinical Interests
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Depression
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Psychiatric evaluation
  • Psychiatric treatments
Internship
  • Psychiatry - New York Hospital, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY
Residency
  • Psychiatry - New York Hospital, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY
Fellowship
  • Child Psychiatry - Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

Primary Practice

Drexel Psychiatry
4641 Roosevelt Boulevard
Friends Hospital, Scattergood Building
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Phone: 215-831-7800
Fax: 215-831-6382

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